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Patented May 12, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER E. OLSON AND ARTHUR W. PRUSSING, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORSTO OLSON yRUG COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

Application led June 12, 1923. Serial No. 644,863.

To aZZ 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, WALTER E., OLSON and ARTHUR W. PnUssING, citizensof the United States, and residents of the city of Chicago, county ofCook, and State of Illinois, respectively, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Advertising Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

Uur invention relates to improvements in advertising devices especiallyadapted for' use in advertising room decorations or furnishings-or thelike, the object of the invention being to provide a simple andeffective device of this character by means of which the appearance ofcertain articles of manufacture such as room decorations, furniture,rugs, carpets' and the like may be attrac- -tively and effectivelydisplayed vand contrasted with each other.

Other objects will appear hereinafter."-

The invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of partshereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawings forming a part of this specification, and in which,

Fig. l is a front view of a card employed in the device;

Fig. 2, a view of another card employed in the device;

Fig. 3, a View of another card employed in the device;

Fig. 4, a view showing the card illustrated in Fig. 3 associated withthe card illustrated in Fig. 1;

Fig. 5, a -view similar to Fig. 4, but illustrating different articlesin' place and contrasted with each other;

Fig. 6, a separate view of one of the cards shown in Fig. 5, and

Fig. 7, a separate view of another of the said rear and side wall butprojecting partially onto the blank space and slits 7 and 7 areprovided'around the lower and upper edges lrespectively of suchfurniture, the lower slits terminating at the border line, as shown.Cards 8 illustrating various forms and designs of rugs are provided of ashape to fit the blank space 6 of the card 5 and to be inserted in theslits 7, such an insertion being illustrated in Fig. 4.

By this arrangement is will be observed that various illustrations ofrooms and furniture may be provided and various illustrations of variousrugs also provided so that a prospective purchaser may readily assembleor separate the same and thus contrast the rug illustrations with theroom furnishings and arrive at a conclusion as to the most desirablestyle of rug for any general furnishings of the room. By arranging thefurniture illustrations along one. end and one side and terminating theslits under the furniture illustrations at the border lines, the ends ofthe slits constitute guides for accurately ositioning the rugillustrations under the urniture and in the center of the room. l

In Figs. 5, 6 and 7 We have lillustrated the arrangement whereby variousarticles of furniture may be arranged on the card 5 and contrasted withthe various rugs. To this end cards 9 and 10 as illustrated in Figs. 6and 7 are provided illustrating various and different articles offurniture, said cards 9 and 10 being provided respectively with tonguesor projections 9 and 10 to be inserted in the slits 7 as indicated bythe dotted lines in Fig. 5. By this arrangement it will be noted thatvarious articles of furniture may be illustrated on the/cards 9 and 10'and associated with the card 5 whereby said articles of furniture may becontrasted with various rugs, or other room furnishings and decorations.e

While we have illustrated the preferred forms of construction for carring our invention into effect thisis capa le of varia.

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. An advertising device comprising a card bearing a pictorialillustration of the rear and one side wall and the floor of a room,there being a blank space on said card representing the center portionof the floor of the room and outlining a border, and furnitureillustrated as resting on the border ofthe floor along said rear andside wall but projecting into said blank space, there being slits aroundthe lower edges of the furniture illustrated on said blank space; and aplurality of cards bearing illustrations of rugs shaped to correspondwith said blank space and insertable in said slits, substantially asdescribed.

2. An advertising device comprising a card bearing a pictorialillustration of the rear and one side wall and the floor of a room,there being a blank space on said card representing the center portionof the floor of the room and outlining a border, and

`to correspond with said blank space and insertable in said slits,substantially as described. v

In testimony whereof We have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WALTER E. OLSON. ARTHUR W. PRUSSING. Witnesses:

E. B. PELZ, J P. DE CLEENE.

